(A) Parkway plantings. Parkway plantings will be required in accordance with § 158.31.
(B) Transition yards.
(1) The required landscaping in transitional yards shall be comprised of a combination of overstory trees, evergreen trees, ornamental trees, and large shrubs. If shrubs are used, they shall be installed at a minimum height of five feet. Additional small shrubs may be used, but shall not count towards meeting the landscape requirements.
(2) A minimum of a 25 foot wide landscaped screen consisting of a minimum of 125 plant units per 100 linear feet of frontage measured along the length of a common boundary between two units. Forty percent of the plant material (by unit count) must be evergreen. The landscape plan shall include a landscape berm of no less than three feet in height to be located in a landscape easement. Exceptions will be considered if the berm is determined to conflict with the natural or proposed drainage ways. (See § 158.26, Figure C for typical illustration.)
(3) At the direction of village staff the required number of plant units may be reduced in the following percentages:
(a) Up to a 75% reduction in plant material (by unit count) for a solid fence structure with a minimum height of six feet, constructed of solid masonry or brick material, a combination of wood with masonry structural supports, or materials as approved by village staff.
(b) Up to a 50% reduction in plant material for an earthen berm, a minimum of six feet high, with a maximum slope of 3:1.
(4) If existing woodlands are located within the transition yard, preservation of those woodlands may substitute for part or all of the required landscaping. If the existing woodlands are located in only a part of the transitional yard, the required number of plant units may be proportionally reduced. The substitution of existing woodlands for transition yard landscaping is at the discretion of staff and shall be indicated on the approved landscape plan.
(5) The area of the transitional yard not planted with trees, shrubs, or existing woodlands shall be planted with sod, live groundcover, flowers, ornamental grasses or some combination thereof.
(C) Service yards and exterior work areas. Service yards and exterior work areas shall be screened from view from residential and commercial areas and public rights-of-way. The screening shall be consistent of that required for transition yards (see § 158.28(B).)
(D) Requirements for open storage yards in industrial districts when adjacent to commercial or residential uses or public right-of-way.
(1) Open storage yards shall be screened on all sides by solid walls or fences (including solid doors or gates) no more than eight feet high, but in no case lower in height than the materials to be stored. If stored materials exceed eight feet in height, then landscaping shall be provided along the outside perimeter of that portion of the fence or wall visible from the public right-of-way or adjacent commercial or residential land uses. The landscaping shall be in addition to the fence or wall. The installed height of the landscaping shall be equal to or greater than one-half the height of the fence or wall.
(2) Landscaping shall consist of 50 plant units per 100 linear feet of fence. Twenty-five percent of plant material must be evergreen.
(Ord. 1565, passed 4-1-96; Am. Ord. 2341, passed 12-18-06) Penalty, see § 158.99